Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Topic started by: Rudock1 on February 25, 2020, 10:48:52 AM
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Hi guys,
I like my GTK2 environment with spacefm, leafpad, emelfm2 etc but I haven't found a good GTK2 choice for an all-purpose, lightweight graphics viewer (gif, png, jpg etc). It looks like gimp2 might be a choice.
Are there any other recommended lightweight viewers for GTK2 you might know? In a perfect world it would be sweet if the viewer could support emelfm2.
Running Corepure64
thx for your advice
Billy
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Hi Rudock1
I haven't tried them, but in TC10 X86_64 I see:
eog ----- GTK3
feh ----- ?
You could use the Apps utility to look for others. If you click the Search drop down and change it to Tags, then enter viewer in
the text box just to the right, you might find others.
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There's gtkimageview in the x86 repo
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Hi Juanito
There's gtkimageview in the x86 repo
I saw that too, but it's not a program. It's a library for creating "A widget that provides a zoomable and panable view of a GdkPixbuf.".
No bins, just libs:
http://tinycorelinux.net/11.x/x86/tcz/gtkimageview.tcz.list
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Thanks, Rich and Juanito. I always appreciate your prompt replies.
I've looked around the repository and googled GTK2 image viewers... seems like there isn't a simple lightweight app. As a workaround, I did set feh to be a default image handler for spacefm and emelfm2 which gets the job done. However, finding a GTK2 UI like leafpad etc would be perfect.
I might be wrong about an assumption.... if I selected a GTK3 app like inkscape or a gnome app like eog, I have always assumed they pull in whole new dependency trees. Offhand, do you know if GTK2 and GTK3 share many of the same dependencies?
thx
Billy
Running Corepure64 10.0
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Hi Rudock1
If you select eog.tcz in the left panel of the Apps utility, and then click on the Size tab, you will see a list of all dependencies.
Entries containing a leading + sign are not currently installed and will be added if you install the extension. If you scroll to the bottom
of the Size tab you will see the "Total size" and the additional amount you need to download with your current setup. Remember,
dependencies are shared resources. If it's already installed because another extension needs it, it doesn't get installed again.
Offhand, do you know if GTK2 and GTK3 share many of the same dependencies?
You can use the Size tab in the Apps utility to determine that. Select gtk3.tcz then click the Size tab to see what's missing.
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Several extensions - atk, cairo, gdk-pixbuf2, pango - are shared by gtk2 and gtk3.
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For those finding this thread later on, just a quick follow up to reference this perfect solution to my original question:
gpicview extension submitted
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,23669 (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,23669)
And another thank you to Rich for the extension, you are amazing!
thx
Billy
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Hi Rudock1
... And another thank you to Rich for the extension, you are amazing!
You are welcome. I would like to add, Juanito deserves a big thank you. He probably built most of the extensions gpicview relies on.